Trollbead addiction

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#766
Magrat said:
Well... I went shopping... I thought I would make a day of it and went up to London to a well known store that sells Trollbeads... What a waste of time. The lady had no idea what I was asking for and was so unhelpful I gave up and came home.

Then I remembered a shop in a town close to where I live and thought I would stop there and see if they had any. As it turns out they had a great selection and the two ladies serving were great, helping and advising.

They have ordered me:

1 bracelet
1 swan lock
1 phoenix silver bead
1 white petals glass bead
1 purple bead (can't remember the name at the moment)
1 stopper

It should all be in next week sometime for me to pick up, so it is something for me to look forward to.

So,thats one for me to remember. There is a great Trollbeads retailer 2 miles from my house... that means trouble for my bank balance doesn't it? :laugh:

Thank you for all your help and advice!
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That's a great start! I love the swan lock. The shop I go to is on my way to work, so I pass by it every weekday. That means serious trouble.
 
#770
darkangel07760 said:
I have a question that I would like your opinion on..
Since I have realized that I don't want to mix themes on one bracelet, what do you folks do?
I was thinking about getting another lock and bracelet... Or do you just keep the one bracelet and switch out the beads?
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I have just one chain now, and multiple beads/locks. I like changing it up!

Kitsunegrl said:
I have two bracelets that I make different combos on; I'd love to get a few more chains to make some permanent ones or ones that rarely get changed.

Part of the beauty of the beads is switching them up, so I wouldn't get too worried about getting more chains and locks immediately. If a good deal comes up, then get another one.

Some people take pictures of combos that they want to recreate in the future, so maybe that is an option?
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Yep, it's fun and relaxing to make new combos...I take pics of my previous ones too so I can recreate them again if I want.

LindaP said:
I have a question for the experts about retiring beads. How do they choose which beads retire? Do they retire a whole set or only those that are not selling?
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I think it's a combo of both. They retired parts of 2 different sets that came out a while ago and they just combined the beads of the sets that had not retired yet into one "new" set to re-release haha.

Phédre;20888415 said:
I finished my darker neutral. Can you tell I love the Golden Cave?:girlsigh:
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Phédre;20888450 said:
And I did some more damage! Because the green feather is retired now, I grabbed 3 of them. When I saw how great the aventurines looked with them, I had to get those too. I can combine these with both my light and dark neutrals.
And then I made the start for a purple one.
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You finished that dark combo fast!!! It looks great! Really like the aventurine with green feather combo and your new purples!

Magrat said:
Well... I went shopping... I thought I would make a day of it and went up to London to a well known store that sells Trollbeads... What a waste of time. The lady had no idea what I was asking for and was so unhelpful I gave up and came home.

Then I remembered a shop in a town close to where I live and thought I would stop there and see if they had any. As it turns out they had a great selection and the two ladies serving were great, helping and advising.

They have ordered me:

1 bracelet
1 swan lock
1 phoenix silver bead
1 white petals glass bead
1 purple bead (can't remember the name at the moment)
1 stopper

It should all be in next week sometime for me to pick up, so it is something for me to look forward to.

So,thats one for me to remember. There is a great Trollbeads retailer 2 miles from my house... that means trouble for my bank balance doesn't it? :laugh:

Thank you for all your help and advice!
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Whoo what a great start!!! Can't wait to see what you end up with :smile1:

Hokaplan said:
Sounds great buy why only one stopper? Wouldn't you need two to serve the purpose?
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Technically, you just need a stopper on the end closest to where the lock attaches...the other end has a much bigger jump ring so the beads likely won't fall off from there.
 
#771
Has anybody got the dichroic flower lock? I wondered if it was blue or if it was all sorts of colours?

I am after blue really. I like the one on the limited peacock bracelet but didn't really want to spend out for bits I don't desperately want.
 
#775
Magrat said:
Well... I went shopping... I thought I would make a day of it and went up to London to a well known store that sells Trollbeads... What a waste of time. The lady had no idea what I was asking for and was so unhelpful I gave up and came home.

Then I remembered a shop in a town close to where I live and thought I would stop there and see if they had any. As it turns out they had a great selection and the two ladies serving were great, helping and advising.

They have ordered me:

1 bracelet
1 swan lock
1 phoenix silver bead
1 white petals glass bead
1 purple bead (can't remember the name at the moment)
1 stopper

It should all be in next week sometime for me to pick up, so it is something for me to look forward to.

So,thats one for me to remember. There is a great Trollbeads retailer 2 miles from my house... that means trouble for my bank balance doesn't it? :laugh:

Thank you for all your help and advice!
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Oh how fun! :)
Yy it sounds like you got some great beads, and I love the swan lock!
 
#776
Kitsunegrl said:
I have two bracelets that I make different combos on; I'd love to get a few more chains to make some permanent ones or ones that rarely get changed.

Part of the beauty of the beads is switching them up, so I wouldn't get too worried about getting more chains and locks immediately. If a good deal comes up, then get another one.

Some people take pictures of combos that they want to recreate in the future, so maybe that is an option?
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I agree. Quite honestly, I LOVE my fish lock, and I am not in LOVE with the other locks nearly as much. I am going to go for the beads! :)
 
#777
Phédre;20888408 said:
For now I have one bracelet and I switch beads. I think I'm waiting for another promotion to get a second bracelet.
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I am going to stick witht he beads for right now, but as soon as I can spare it I think there is one more lock/bracelet in my future...
I want a trollbead necklace now too!
 
#778
Anyone ever look at the glass beads with gold in them?
There is a Chakra group and then the Gold group.
Like Root Chakra, Power Chakra, and then the golds: Pink Gold, Black Gold.
Anyone have these? They are all pretty much alike except for the name/color? Or is there another difference or something I am missing?
 
#779
gelbergirl said:
Anyone ever look at the glass beads with gold in them?
There is a Chakra group and then the Gold group.
Like Root Chakra, Power Chakra, and then the golds: Pink Gold, Black Gold.
Anyone have these? They are all pretty much alike except for the name/color? Or is there another difference or something I am missing?
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I've never seen them irl but I've seen some amazing combos with the chakras and gold beads together. I believe they are the same except for the name.
 
#780
gelbergirl said:
Anyone ever look at the glass beads with gold in them?
There is a Chakra group and then the Gold group.
Like Root Chakra, Power Chakra, and then the golds: Pink Gold, Black Gold.
Anyone have these? They are all pretty much alike except for the name/color? Or is there another difference or something I am missing?
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I've seen these at my local retailer and I'd say that they are all similar except for the splash of color. Very pretty!
 
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